Shloka 18

कालनियमः शोकशमनं च

Kāla as Regulator; Pacification of Grief

Devanagari script

धनहेतोर्य ईहेत तस्यानीहा गरीयसी । भूयान्‌ दोषो हि वित्तस्य यश्व धर्मस्तदाश्रय:,“जो धनके लिये चेष्टा करता है, उसका निश्रेष्ट होकर बैठ रहना ही ठीक है, क्योंकि धन और उसके आश्रित धर्ममें महान्‌ दोष दिखायी देता है

Transliteration

dhanahetor ya īheta tasyānīhā garīyasī | bhūyān doṣo hi vittasya yaś ca dharmas tadāśrayaḥ ||

Translation

धनहेतोर्य ईहेत तस्यानीहा गरीयसी । भूयान् दोषो हि वित्तस्य यश्च धर्मस्तदाश्रयः ॥

Word by Word

धनहेतोःfor the sake of wealth

यःwho

ईहेतshould strive / would strive

तस्यfor him / of him

अनीहाnon-striving, inaction

गरीयसीbetter, more weighty

भूयान्greater

दोषःfault, defect

हिindeed, for

वित्तस्यof wealth

यश्चand which / and who

धर्मःdharma, righteousness

तदाश्रयःdependent on that (wealth)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Sandhi Notes